Sunderland and Boro both claim important midweek victories: North East Football Roundup

Daniel Wales reviews the latest results of Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

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00:00Sunderland came away with a 1-0 win at Pride Park against Derby County on Tuesday evening

00:06thanks to a first-half goal from Eliza Maienda. The attacker calmly slotted the ball home,

00:11having latched on to a deflected pass from team-mate Joe Bellingham to give the Blackcats

00:16the lead. Sunderland then thought that Wilson Isidor had doubled their lead in the second

00:20period, with celebrations going on for around 30 seconds before referee Sam Allison ruled

00:26the goal out for an apparent offside, despite the flag not being raised by the linesman.

00:31Replays indicated there was no offence, but VAR meant the goal could not be checked.

00:36Meanwhile, Middlesbrough cruised to a 2-0 win over their play-off competitors West Bromwood

00:41Albion on the day that Tony Mowbray, revered by both Borough and Baggies fans, returned

00:46to take charge of the visitors. Hayden Hatley gave Borough the lead midway through the first

00:51half before Liverpool loanee Ben Dirk wrapped up the win with a curling effort in the second

00:57period.